Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says Voice Control on iPhone and iPad uses the Siri speech recognition engine for U.S. English only.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Voice Control uses the Siri speech recognition engine for U.S. English only.”
Use Voice Control on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, Apple, Apple Support, 2026, Voice Control page for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch User Guide page for Voice Control, read on 2026-10-17. Apple gives this as the limit on language support for the iPhone version.
- What it does not show
- The sentence is about Apple's stated English support for Voice Control. Apple's Siri and Dictation languages are broader, so do not assume the Voice Control list matches the keyboard dictation list.